St. Cloud, Minnesota is located on the banks of the beautiful Mississippi River just 60 miles northwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. As the center of Minnesota′s fastest growing metropolitan area, St. Cloud serves as a commercial hub for over 250,000 people. In addition to our strong economic environment, St. Cloud offers very ample and diverse opportunities in education, recreation and the arts. It is a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family. St. Cloud′s Downtown has long been the commercial center for Central Minnesota along with a fertile farming industry. It is also the cultural, economic and governmental heart.

Today, local, regional and national developers are fast discovering the district′s potential as an emerging and successful market in housing, entertainment, tourism, hospitality, medical facilities and commerce.

The GSDC is the vehicle through which business executives, healthcare and education leaders, civic community leaders, local government leaders, partner organizations, and community members come together in guiding efforts towards making the greater St. Cloud region one of the best places to live and work in America.